Homemade Granola

My daughter decided she wanted to make her own granola, fed up with watching her older brother eating Country Crisp no doubt! I searched online for some ideas and we came up with this, but you can put pretty much whatever you like in! The main thing is to (mostly) coat the oats before baking.

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 125ml maple syrup
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 300g gluten free rolled oats

You really can add as many or as few of the following ingredients as you like. The above are essential, although I would reduce the oil and syrup slightly if omitting most of the seeds and berries.

• 50g sunflower seeds
• 50g pumpkin seeds
• 100g raisins
• 100g dried berries 
• 50g desiccated coconut

Method

• Heat oven to 150C 
• Mix the oil, maple syrup, honey and vanilla in a large bowl. 
• Tip in all the remaining ingredients, except the dried fruit and coconut, and mix well. 
• Tip the granola onto two baking sheets and spread evenly. 
• Bake for 15 mins, then mix in the coconut and dried fruit, and bake for 10-15 mins more. 
• Allow to cool
• Can be stored in an airtight container for up to a month.